A 20-year-old college student from Belgium didn’t follow that advice, choosing to consume a five-day-old bowl of spaghetti with tomato sauce.

After eating the pasta dish, the student — named AJ — came down with a headache and stomach pains. AJ began to vomit violently for a few hours.

The student soon drank a glass of water and went to bed. He was found dead the next day by his parents.

The case, which was published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, noted AJ’s death was caused by Bacillus cereus — a form of bacteria known to cause food poisoning. The killer bug caused AJ’s liver to fail.

While the tragedy occurred in 2008, it came to light recently after being featured on the YouTube channel, Chubbyemu. In the video, Dr. Bernard stated AJ’s case food poisoning was uncommon, but not unheard of.

Bernard noted many people eat leftover pasta days later and have felt fine.

“Be careful of food left out for more than a few hours. If the food smells funny, it’s always better to be safe than sorry,” Bernard cautioned.

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DOC GIVES KID POT COOKIES TO SOOTHE TEMPER TANTRUMS

What’s the best way to soothe a savage four-year-old beast? Give him cannabis cookies, of course.

California doctor William Eidelman reportedly prescribed the boy small amounts of cannabis in an effort to help control his temper tantrums. The boy’s father sought the help of Eidelman, believing his son was misbehaving at school.

Eidelman recommended that the boy take in a small amount of the drug, which was revealed when the school nurse was asked to give the child pot cookies at lunch. The doctor had misdiagnosed the child as being bipolar and having attention deficit disorder.

As a result, the Medical Board of California revoked Eidelman’s doctor’s licence on the grounds of him being “negligent in his care and treatment.” The board believed the doctor had failed to seek the expertise of a psychiatrist and didn’t communicate with the boy’s school.

The boy’s dad noted he had bipolar disorder and ADHD and the use of marijuana helped calm his angry behaviour towards his wife. The father had previously also given pot to his older son for the same disorders, noting it had a “positive effect” on his children.

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FAMILY’S BODY ODOUR GETS THEM KICKED OFF FLIGHT

Smelling bad can get you kicked off a flight.

That’s what a Detroit, Mich., family vacationing in Miami, Fla., claims happened to them after passengers complained about their body odour.

Yossi Adler told WPLG he, his wife and their 19-month-old daughter were on board an American Airlines plane ready to fly home on Jan. 23 when they were asked to leave the plane.

Adler said his family was rushed off the plane. As the gate closed and the flight took off, the man said an airline official told him “people complained you had body odour and we’re not letting you back on.”

The man claimed the family’s luggage — including a car seat and baby stroller — were still on the plane.

In a statement, American Airlines confirmed the Adlers were kicked off the flight after receiving several complaints from passengers about their body odour. The airlines stated the family was given an overnight stay in a hotel, food vouchers and booked on a flight to Detroit the next day.

The family did make it home safe and were reunited with their luggage. Before they left, however, the Adlers embarrassingly asked other people at the airport if they smelled.

Adler told WPLG he wants to know the real reason why they were forced off the airplane.

The North Korean dictator has reportedly ordered every citizen in the country to produce 200 pounds of human manure a day to use as fertilizer in an effort to save the country’s struggling agriculture.

Kim has made agriculture a priority in terms of economic recovery during his recent New Year’s address.

According to Radio Free Asia, the dictator’s demand has led to a mass preparation by citizens to grant his wishes. If North Koreans do not meet a daily quota, they will have to produce 600 pounds of compost or livestock manure instead.

The ridiculously high quota has forced people to either collect the poop in cold or pay others for the waste product. Radio Free Asia reported many citizens see the demand as the latest way for the North Korean government to collect cash from impoverished people.

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